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TIL when the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911 Pablo Picasso was a suspect

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08mA TIL that smallpox is the first and only disease that has ever been eradicated. Smallpox now only exists in high security labs in Russia and the US. Vaccinations played a major role in achieving this eradication.
MJ0a TIL when asked how they discovered the hallucinogenic properties of the plants used in the ayahuasca brew, Many indigenous Amazonian people said they “received the instructions directly from plants and plant spirits”.
4XM6o TIL Goldfish have a memory-span of at least three MONTHS, not seconds, and can distinguish between different shapes, colors and sounds. By using positive reinforcement, goldfish can be trained to recognize and to react to light signals of different colors or to perform tricks.
YpYQP TIL oilman Charles Hipp owned a beloved pet lion named Blondie in the 50s. He even tried to register her in a children's fishing tournament one year.
lxVa TIL when researchers from Texas State Univ., who were studying the 17th century pirate Captain Morgan, ran out of funds while attempting to retrieve artifacts from his sunken ships off the coast of Panama, none-other than the Captain Morgan rum company granted them money to continue their work.